The Top Ten of the 2019 Draft (Looking Terrible)

[Frolov 6'3]

Dach also dealt with major injuries. Here's hoping he can be not-trash.

Yes i knew but already was a low key offensive player.

 

[Oneiro]

Boldy is solidly 2 or 3 in a redraft.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Nothing beats 2012.

 

[qc14]

Does McMichael go 1 in a redraft????

In all seriousness it's pretty interesting too that there are a fair number of guys who did have some sort of "breakout" and then regressed hard. Cozens and Zegras are the obvious examples from the top of the draft, but even guys like Dach, Newhook, Tomasino, Krebs, Hoglander seemed to have already peaked in many ways.

 

[Jabba11]

Trevor Zegras does not fit in the system established by Anaheim. He needs a change of scenery IMO if hopefully can revive his career. He had two great first seasons. Back to back 60 pts as a teenager is hard.

 

[HFpapi]

I legitimately wonder if I'll ever see another draft class as deep as that one. Multiple All-Star / All-Star team selections. In fact, in the first round alone 17!! players are All-Star selections (yes I know All-Star team vs All-Stars are viewed differently but it's still notable in comparison to other years.)

2003 NHL entry draft - Wikipedia

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One retired HOF'er in Weber already and he was drafted at 49. Possibly a handful of HOF candidates in the first round. That's not counting Bergeron, Pavelski, Byfuglien as well where Bergeron is the absolute lock for HOF.

I actually think 2015 is surpassing 2003. Better top end talent and I think you can argue deeper too. This list below is still leaving off some really solid full-time NHL'ers.

McDavid
Eichel
Marner
Kaprizov
Rantanen
Aho
Connor
Barzal
Werenski
Hintz
Andersson
Meier
Hanifin
Strome
Dunn
Cirelli
Eriksson Ek
Konecny
Zacha
Provorov
Boeser
Chabot
Terry
Debrusk
Gavrikov
Mangiapane
Daccord
Crouse
Blackwood
Hill

 

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I actually think 2015 is surpassing 2003. Better top end talent and I think you can argue deeper too. This list below is still leaving off some really solid full-time NHL'ers.

McDavid
Eichel
Marner
Kaprizov
Rantanen
Aho
Connor
Barzal
Werenski
Hintz
Andersson
Meier
Hanifin
Strome
Dunn
Cirelli
Eriksson Ek
Konecny
Zacha
Provorov
Boeser
Chabot
Terry
Debrusk
Gavrikov
Mangiapane
Daccord
Crouse
Blackwood
Hill

I was thinking that myself earlier today but you posted first

 

[Czechboy]

Banger draft for the Czechs.lol

Parik is trying to become a decent Extraliga goalie
Blumel looked promising but to no avail
Teply just returned to Extraliga
Has went to ECHL and is now trying to gain footing in Extraliga
Rousek is still in AHL but Buffalo seems to have given up on him
Mazura just returned to the Extraliga
Plasek is barely established in the Extraliga

So 2 AHL players and 5 extraliga 'meh' players.

 

[Czechboy]

The Oilers turning Bro into Podz is kind of funny as they were both top 10 in this pick.

 

[Bender Duster]

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Banger draft for the Czechs.lol

Parik is trying to become a decent Extraliga goalie
Blumel looked promising but to no avail
Teply just returned to Extraliga
Has went to ECHL and is now trying to gain footing in Extraliga
Rousek is still in AHL but Buffalo seems to have given up on him
Mazura just returned to the Extraliga
Plasek is barely established in the Extraliga

So 2 AHL players and 5 extraliga 'meh' players.

Teply: Winnipeg Ice legend!

 

[Czechboy]

Teply: Winnipeg Ice legend!

I was quite high on him. I was wrong.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

I hope Zegras manages to find his game again.

It's crazy, he looked really good in his first couple years, and seemed poised to become an 80-90 point centre, then just completely fell off.

I wouldn’t say he fell off he put heavy emphasis on playing a more complete game/defensive sound and the ducks are literally a black hole of offense.

Then he’s had tough injuries the last 2 seasons, but he was prob our best forward outside of terry when he was playing.


He’ll be fine…. Hopefully Anaheim moves on from Cronin before zegras because of a team does get zegras, they are going to end up with a steal of a talent.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Still very disappointing that the Avs had the best odds in two draft lotteries and dropped to 4th both times.

Could have had a multi cup run if they weren't saddled with Byram and what's his name.

 

[Goptor]

This was the draft talked about as the greatest USA group ever. Hughes, Zegras, and Caufield drew all the hype and they ended up perfectly fine. There were discussions about the other players getting less recognition because of those 3. Boldy ended up fine but Turcotte didn't progress as expected.

It still was a good draft for the Americans. They had Vlasic, Pinto, and Brink go in the 2nd round also.

 

[jfhabs]

Yes i knew but already was a low key offensive player.

Still shown more than Kakko, Turcotte or Podkolzin.

Not good value at 3 , and rough start to the season, but it's not a terrible pick all things considered.

 

[Schennanigans]

How bad could it be. Every single one is a regular in the NHL.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

IMO a 2019 redraft as of today:

1. Hughes
2. Seider
3. Wolf
4. Byram
5. Boldy
6. Vlasic
7. Harley
8. Caufield
9. Cozens
10. Maccelli

Caufield only @ 8?

2nd most goals, 4th most points of his draft class?

 

[yeaher]

Byram did play as well as any defenseman in the 2022 Finals

 

[chaser17]

I actually think 2015 is surpassing 2003. Better top end talent and I think you can argue deeper too. This list below is still leaving off some really solid full-time NHL'ers.

McDavid
Eichel
Marner
Kaprizov
Rantanen
Aho
Connor
Barzal
Werenski
Hintz
Andersson
Meier
Hanifin
Strome
Dunn
Cirelli
Eriksson Ek
Konecny
Zacha
Provorov
Boeser
Chabot
Terry
Debrusk
Gavrikov
Mangiapane
Daccord
Crouse
Blackwood
Hill

Not many Stanley cups on this list yet compared to 2003. Wonder who will be the next guy to win one?

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Still shown more than Kakko, Turcotte or Podkolzin.

Not good value at 3 , and rough start to the season, but it's not a terrible pick all things considered.

All things considered there was not much choice but this was a bad pick too.

 

[GammaAway]

Caufield only @ 8?

2nd most goals, 4th most points of his draft class?

I mean, there are 4 defensemen and a goalie before him, so you can't really compare points.

Leaving Hughes (undoubtedly) and Boldy is kind of a toss-up still as the forwards.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Can't be that bad, I remember the other day being told emphatically by a poster that Alex Vlasic was #2 over Seider and Boldy, without a doubt.

 

[HFpapi]

Not many Stanley cups on this list yet compared to 2003. Wonder who will be the next guy to win one?

Cups aren't how we judge draft classes.

From 2003 Brent Seabrook has more than Bergeron, Getzlaf, and Weber combined, the three best players from that class.

 

[MakoSlade]

A top ten that produced 2 super star level players and 8 NHL regulars is pretty good. Some of those 8 regulars may be disappointments for sure (Kakko and Dach really sting), but all are NHL level talent and should have long careers.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

One of those common times I knew less than the scouts. Wanted Podkolzin over Seider.

I remember Detroit doing a pre-draft show and Art Regner was pounding the table demanding that they draft Pod. Ken Daniels looked ready to get the f*** out of there because he was so annoyed.

Don't beat yourself up. No one in the Red Wings fanbase wanted Seider at 6.

This isn't wrong... I wanted Cozens or Zegras and was furious when we took Seider lol.